Gamaliel (''Heb.'' גמליאל), also spelled Gamliel, is a
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ''ʿÎbrit'') is a Northwest Semitic languages, Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family. A regional dialect of the Canaanite languages, it was natively spoken by the Israelites and ...
name generally interpreted "God (אל) is my (י-) reward/recompense (גמל)".
Solomon Gandz
Solomon Gandz (2 February 1883, Tarnobrzeg, Austria-Hungary – 30 March 1954) was a historian of science.
Gandz published on the history of mathematics and astronomy in medieval Jewish and Islamic civilizations.
From 1915 to 1919, Gandz was ...
suggests instead that it should be read "battle-axe of God" (
AAJR 2 pg. 37). A number of influential individuals have had the name:
Hebrew Bible
* The Hebrew Bible refers to
Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur, the leader of the tribe of Manasseh during the census of the Israelites in the Sinai desert (Book of Numbers 1:10; 2:20; 7:54,59; 10:23).
Rabbinical authorities
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Gamaliel
Gamaliel the Elder (; also spelled Gamliel; ''Rabban Gamlīʾēl hazZāqēn''; ''Gamaliēl ho Presbýteros''), or Rabban Gamaliel I, was a leading authority in the Sanhedrin in the early first century CE. He was the son of Simeon ben Hillel a ...
, also called Gamaliel I or Gamaliel the Elder, a first-century authority on Jewish law
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Gamliel II, also known as Gamliel of Jabneh
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Gamliel III, son of Judah haNasi the redactor of the Mishna, and his successor as Nasi (patriarch)
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Gamliel IV, grandson of Gamliel III, patriarch in the latter half of the 3rd century
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Gamliel V, son and successor of the patriarch Hillel II
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Gamliel VI, grandson of Gamliel V, the last of the patriarchs, died in 425
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Shimon ben Gamliel
Simeon ben Gamliel (I) ( or רשב"ג הראשון; c. 10 BCE – 70 CE) was a '' Tanna'' (sage) and leader of the Jewish people. He served as nasi of the Great Sanhedrin at Jerusalem during the outbreak of the First Jewish–Roman War, succe ...
, the son of Gamaliel I, the Elder
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Shimon ben Gamliel II, the grandson of Shimon ben Gamliel
Gamaliel in Kabbalah
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Gamaliel (Qliphah) is the Qliphah associated with the Sephirah Yesod on the kabbalistic Tree of Life.
Gamaliel as a forename
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Gamaliel Bailey (1807–1859), a U.S. journalist
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Gamaliel Bradford (privateersman) (1768–1824), an American privateer
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Gamaliel Bradford (abolitionist) (1795–1839), a physician and early abolitionist from Boston
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Gamaliel Bradford (biographer) (1863–1932), an American biographer, critic, poet, and dramatist
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Gamaliel King (1795–1875), an American architect
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Gamaliel Painter
Gamaliel Painter (May 22, 1742 – May 21, 1819) was an American politician and a key figure in the founding of Middlebury, Vermont, and Middlebury College. Painter was raised in New Haven, Connecticut and had the goal of becoming a farmer. Follow ...
(1742–1819), an American politician
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Gamaliel Ratsey (died 1605), an English highwayman
Gamliel as a surname
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Aryeh Gamliel (1951–2021), Israeli politician
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Gila Gamliel
Gila Gamliel-Demri (; born 24 February 1974) is an Israeli politician who currently serves as Ministry of Science, Technology and Space, Minister of Science and Technology, and also as a member of the Knesset for Likud. She also previously serv ...
(born 1974), Israeli politician
Gamaliel as a middle name
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Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865–1923), 29th President of the United States
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Raphael Gamaliel Warnock (born July 23, 1969), American pastor and politician
Institutions
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Gamaliel Foundation, a Chicago-based non-profit providing training and consultation to affiliated congregation-based community organizations
Places
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Gamaliel, Arkansas, United States
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Gamaliel, Kentucky, United States
Phrase
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Gamaliel's principle
Gamaliel's principle,Brown, Raymond E. (1994). A once-and-coming Spirit at Pentecost: essays on the liturgical readings between Easter and Pentecost, taken from the Acts of the Apostles and from the Gospel according to John'. Collegeville, Minn.: ...
", a principle based on a story in Acts 5 in the Bible
* "Gamalielese", a term coined by
H. L. Mencken
Henry Louis Mencken (September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956) was an American journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic, and scholar of American English. He commented widely on the social scene, literature, music, prominent politicians, ...
to mock President Harding's speaking style
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